Business Fleet, September/October 2018

INDEX WWW BUSINESSFLEET COM 24 BUSINESS FLEET September October 2018 FUEL REPORT AVERAGE NATIONAL PRICE PER GALLON TREND COMPANY PHONE WEB PAGE Adrian Steel 800 677 2726 adriansteel com IBC Fleet Forward Conference 2018 FleetForwardConference com 25 Fleet Safety Conference 2018 800 576 8788 FleetSafetyConference com 26 27 Ford Omnicraft omnicraftAutoParts com BC Mercedes 866 628 7232 mbcorpsales com 5 Mike Albert Leasing 866 218 8047 mikealbert com 23 Neste NesteMY com clear 15 Pep Boys 800 55 FLEET PepBoysFleet com 3 Ram Commercial 800 999 3533 fcausfleet com 11 Volvo 877 283 5338 volvocars com us fleet IFC 1 Regional ad September October Advertisers RETAIL FUEL PRICES AS OF JULY 1 2018 CITY GAS DIESEL ATLANTA GA 277 309 BOSTON MA 293 321 CHICAGO IL 305 307 DALLAS TX 264 289 DENVER CO 276 312 DETROIT MI 301 333 HOUSTON TX 262 292 LOS ANGELES CA 372 397 MEMPHIS TN 268 303 MIAMI FL 283 314 MINNEAPOLIS MN 278 315 NEW ORLEANS LA 255 292 NEW YORK CITY NY 330 371 PHILADELPHIA PA 305 355 PHOENIX AZ 302 313 PORTLAND OR 336 342 SAN FRANCISCO CA 384 408 SEATTLE WA 354 362 ST LOUIS MO 273 297 WASHINGTON D C 304 324 NATIONAL AVERAGE 286 315 FUEL PRICES HOLD STEADY IN JULY The national retail gasoline average has held steady for more than two months but at substantially higher prices than last year For fleet managers its an added 22 strain on their budgets versus last year when the price averaged just 235 As of this printing prices are likely to have shifted upward in the first two weeks of September Refiners switch to a winter grade of fuel on September 15 as mandated by the EPA and supplies of the summer grade typically become very low as that deadline approaches which usually results in a bit of a price spike In the meantime diesel prices are also holding steady at 315 Diesel is more than 62 cents per gallon higher than it was last year 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 050 GAS DIESEL FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 258 258 274 291 291 286 301 295 304 319 321 315